WOLVES prodigy Mark Davies could finally be poised for a belated start to his Molineux season by returning in next Tuesday's reserve team friendly with Coventry.

WOLVES prodigy Mark Davies could finally be poised for a belated start to his Molineux season by returning in next Tuesday's reserve team friendly with Coventry.

The highly-rated 18-year-old is yet to feature in the current campaign having undergone surgery on a damaged cartilage sustained in the early stages of Wolves final pre-season friendly with Aston Villa on the last weekend of July.

Having initially hoped to be ready for a dream return in the recent Black Country derby, Davies has had to take a more pragmatic approach after having some minor follow-up keyhole surgery last week.

But he returned to full training yesterday and, provided all goes well, could make his competitive comeback in Wolves next second string fixture next week.

"Last week they just cleared away some debris from the joint and it's fully healed up now," explained Wolves physio Barry Holmes.

"Mark did some small group training this morning and we will be monitoring his progress. Hopefully, he will be involved in the next reserve friendly game."

Davies, who had been looking in scintillating pre-season form before his setback, is just glad to have taken another step on the road towards a first team return.

"It was great to have the all-clear to start training again," he said. "I'm not the most patient of people and I was desperate to start playing again. Now, I can see light at the end of the tunnel.

"The knee feels good and the next important step is to get my match fitness back but I have to take things one step at a time."